Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Bone-Conduction Changes Following Audiosurgery

Bone-Conduction Changes Following Audiosurgery Fenestration Surgery Since 1948, a number of authors have reported gains in bone-conduction sensitivity following fenestration surgery. The average gains reported by McConnell and Carhart,1 Feldman,2 Juers,3 Henner,4 and Nilsson5 are summarized in Table 1. Woods6 reported 39 cases in which the preoperative masked bone conduction was below an average loss of 10 db. for the 3 "conversational frequencies." An average gain for masked bone conduction in these cases following fenestration surgery was 11.4 db. Woods did not report his findings according to frequency. Several factors account for the differences in bone-conduction shifts reported by different authors: (1) Problems associated with the calibration of the bone-conduction oscillators. There is still no American Reference Standard for hearing by bone conduction. Each of the manufacturers tries to approximate "normal" in their calibration of bone-conduction vibrators. (2) Differences in procedures for masking the nontested ear during bone-conduction http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Otolaryngolog American Medical Association

Bone-Conduction Changes Following Audiosurgery

Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/bone-conduction-changes-following-audiosurgery-D9DkU8bZhb

References (10)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1961 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0003-9977
eISSN
1538-361X
DOI
10.1001/archotol.1961.00740030218017
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Fenestration Surgery Since 1948, a number of authors have reported gains in bone-conduction sensitivity following fenestration surgery. The average gains reported by McConnell and Carhart,1 Feldman,2 Juers,3 Henner,4 and Nilsson5 are summarized in Table 1. Woods6 reported 39 cases in which the preoperative masked bone conduction was below an average loss of 10 db. for the 3 "conversational frequencies." An average gain for masked bone conduction in these cases following fenestration surgery was 11.4 db. Woods did not report his findings according to frequency. Several factors account for the differences in bone-conduction shifts reported by different authors: (1) Problems associated with the calibration of the bone-conduction oscillators. There is still no American Reference Standard for hearing by bone conduction. Each of the manufacturers tries to approximate "normal" in their calibration of bone-conduction vibrators. (2) Differences in procedures for masking the nontested ear during bone-conduction

Journal

Archives of OtolaryngologAmerican Medical Association

Published: Aug 1, 1961

There are no references for this article.